/*	Interactive Gravitational Simulator
	Project: IGS Core
	File: Hermite6.h
	Author: Mike Bantegui <mbante2@gmail.com>, Hofstra University 
	Copyright (C) 2012 - 2013 Mike Bantegui

	This file is part of the IGS software package for simulating
	the N-Body problem in real-time. This was developed as part
	of a departmental honors thesis project at Hofstra University
	in the Spring 2012 semester.

	IGS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
	(at your option) any later version.

	IGS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
	GNU General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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	Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef IGS_HERMITE6_H
#define IGS_HERMITE6_H

#include "Configuration.h"
#include "IntegratorBase.h"

#if DerivativeCount > 2
namespace IGS
{

// Integrates using the sixth order Hermite method
// For more information, see the Nitadori and Makino paper:
// "6th and 8th Order Hermite Integrator for N-body Simulations"
// It may be found on arxiv at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0738
class Hermite6 : public Integrator
{
public:
	~Hermite6();

	void Predict(const WorldPoint &start, WorldPoint &end) const;
	void Correct(const WorldPoint &start, WorldPoint &end) const;

	std::string Name() const;
};

}
#endif

#endif